diff --git a/gnu/services/shepherd.scm b/gnu/services/shepherd.scm
index 3273184..4dbf7e3 100644
--- a/gnu/services/shepherd.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/shepherd.scm
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@
                     (false-if-exception (close-fdes fd))
                     (loop (+ 1 fd))))
 
+                ;; Our glibc package currently looks for locale data in
+                ;; PREFIX/lib/locale instead of /run/current-system/locale.
+                ;; Work around it.
+                (setenv "GUIX_LOCPATH" "/run/current-system/locale")
+
                 ;; Start shepherd.
                 (execl (string-append #$shepherd "/bin/shepherd")
                        "shepherd" "--config" #$shepherd-conf)))))